Written by: Zane Grey Basically, Mormons are assholes. Also, cowboys are cool. Length: 13.5 hrs 5/2003: This was a good story and fairly classic Western tale. Also, apparently Mormons are assholes.
Written by: Tom Robbins Something about a Tanuki and MIAs in Laos. Either I was totally high when I read Jitterbug Perfume, Still Life with Woodpecker, and Skinny Legs and All and Tom Robbins is just an awesome dream, or this book just kinda sucked. Apparently Mr. Robbins blew his wad on his earlier works […]
Written by: Eric Schlosser A look into 3 underground economies – marijuana, porn, and migrant farm workers. The contradictions and injustices revealed are both amazing and upsetting. Similar to “Fast Food Nation” though, the listener is left with a “Yeah, that’s pretty fucked up” without any clear notion of what to do about it. So […]
Written by: Eric Schlosser This is a well-reasoned book that while drawing out strong emotions, is primarily factual and lets listeners reach their own conclusions about the fast food industry. It isn’t “evil” corporations abusing the poor, it’s just people doing their thing and unfortunately at certain scales things just get nasty. The food safety […]
Written by: Stephen King This is kind of a weird book. A group of kids in New Hampshire or Rhode Island or somewhere cold, rural, and northeast become friends with a retard named “Duditz” (Douglas) who somehow telepathically warns them 30 years later when they are at a frozen cabin in the woods being attacked […]
Written by: Neal Stephenson As in his other books, Stephenson creates a whole universe in tremendous detail. You get to watch the girl Nell grow up here, and follow other characters throughout their lives. Eventually their stories spiral closer and closer together until they join in a coherent and exciting conclusion. Nanotechnology, an amazing stolen […]
Written by: Mark Kurlansky This book is almost 14 hours long and is all about the history of salt. How awesome is that? Although crazy long, it was actually really interesting and there really is a pretty amazing story to be told. For basically ever prior to refrigeration, which is actually super new relatively, the […]
Written by: Bob Woodward I can’t believe we had this idiot for a president, and I can’t believe Bob Woodward sucks so bad now. I expected a hard-hitting, investigative piece where I would learn something about the ‘inner circle’, but it was no better than a crappy news report. Actually it was a lot worse, […]
Written by: Roger Fisher, William Ury, Bruce Patton Go for the win-win, understand your BATNA, and other negotiating techniques. A decent read, nothing earth-shattering. Length: 6.5 hrs 2/2003: Some interesting stuff about “principled” negotiation. I think I was already doing this stuff though.
Written by: Mark Twain Pretty cool stuff of how a ‘modern’ man could use what he knew to take over the medieval world. Length: 13 hrs 12/2002: I think this was enjoyable but don’t remember much. Mark Twain is awesome though.
whispered words from literary masters, cheesy hacks, inspirational gurus, and fluffy crap artists into my ears. These are there stories.